Google Scholar can be a useful tool when collecting research information. Settings can be updated to display:
Library Links - FindIt@Txstate
Bibliography Manager - EndNote (refers to Desktop EndNote)
This is a browser extension - if you find an article on the web, it will bring you to the full-text through TXST Libraries. This tool can also help with alerting you to journals considered "Problematic" (potentially predatory).
Search by keywords/small phrases and use Boolean searching. What's Boolean?
AND: "african american*" AND "achievement gap"
OR: "project based learning" OR "project method in teaching"
Use "quotation marks" to search for whole phrases.
Use the limiting features like date and peer-reviewed journals.
Consider truncation. The symbol used is usually *.
epistemolog* will retrieve: epistemology, epistemological, epistemologies, etc.
Check Subject terms to see if there are any synonym terms to consider.
If you come across a citation to an article and you'd like to track down its full text, follow the steps below:
Wesley-Nero, S., & Davis, D. (2024). Integrated Professional Learning: Boundary-spanning graduate leadership education with principals and district leaders. Journal of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, 8, 1–24.